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| Poetry samples - some samples of the different forms of poetry | |
| Poetry Form | Some poems which demonstrate this form | Some Poets who use this form |
| Alliteration The repetition of the same beginning letter in at least three words in the same line. |
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| Ballad: A long poem that is sad and tells a story. |
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| Concrete (Pattern): A poem that forms a picture of the topic or follows the contours of a shape that is suggested by the topic. |
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| Couplet: Two lines of poetry that rhyme, one after the other. |
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| Epitaph: An inscription on a tomb or headstone to commemorate the dead. | ||
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| Free verse: A poem without rhyme. |
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| Graveyard poetry: A type of meditative poetry, having as its major themes the melancholy fact of mortality and the hope of a future life. |
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| Haiku A three line poem containing 17 syllables. There are 5 syllables in the first and third lines and 7 syllables in the second line (5-7-5). |
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| Imagery Writing that contains a lot of detail and paints a picture in your mind. |
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| Limerick: A five line poem in which lines 1,2, and 5 rhyme and lines 3 and 4 rhyme. |
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| Lyric poem A poem set to music and often sung, a song. |
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| MetaphorA comparison between two things not using the words "like" or "as". |
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| Onomatopoeia: Words that make a sound. |
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| Pastoral: A poem concerning rustic life (country life). |
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| Personification Giving a lifeless object (or animal) human qualities. |
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| Proverbs A short, wise saying. |
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| Refrain Repetition of words or lines at the same spot in a poem, especially at the end of a line. |
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| Repetition Repeating words or sentences over and over in a poem. |
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| Rhyme: An agreement in the final sounds of words. |
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| Rhyme Scheme: The pattern of rhyme in a poem in which words that rhyme are given the same letter. |
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| Simile A comparison of two things using the words "like" or "as". |
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| Sonnet: A 14-line poem with a set rhyme and metrical scheme. |
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| Stanza A "paragraph" in a poem, usually separated with a double-space. |
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| Symbol: A thing or action in a poem that has meaning beyond itself. |
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For more translation tools see AltaVista - Babel Fish Translation |